The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goni; Stéphanie Desprat; Anne-Laure Daniau; Franck Bassinot; Josué Polanco-Martínez; Sandy Harrison; Judy R. M. Allen; R. Scott Anderson; Hermann Behling; Raymonde Bonnefille; Francesc Burjachs; José Carrión; Rachid Cheddadi; James Clark; Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout; Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi; Georg Debusk; Lydie Dupont; Jemma Finch; William Fletcher; Marco Giardini; Catalina González; William D. Gosling; Laurie Grigg; Eric Christopher Grimm; Ryoma Hayashi; Karin F. Helmens; Linda Heusser; Trevor Hill; Geoffrey Hope; Brian Huntley; Yaeko Igarashi; Tomohisa Irino; Bonnie Jacobs; Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno; Sayuri Kawai; A. Peter Kershaw; Fujio Kumon; Ian Lawson; Marie-Pierre Ledru; Anne-Marie Lézine; Ping Mei Liew; Donatella Magri; Robert Marchant; Vasiliki Margari; Francis Mayle; G. Merna Mckenzie; Patrick Moss; Stefanie Müller; Ulrich Müller; Filipa Naughton; Rewi Newnham; Tadamichi Oba; Ramón Pérez-Obiol; Roberta Pini; Cesare Ravazzi; Katy Roucoux; Stephen M Rucina; Louis Scott; Hikaru Takahara; Polichronis Tzedakis; Dunia Urrego; Bas van Geel; B. Guido Valencia; Marcus Vandergoes; Annie Vincens; Cathy Whitlock; Debra Willard; Masanobu Yamamoto

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The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

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The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goni, Stéphanie Desprat, Anne-Laure Daniau, Franck Bassinot, Josué Polanco-Martínez, Sandy Harrison, Judy R. M. Allen, R. Scott Anderson, Hermann Behling, Raymonde Bonnefille, …

Earth System Science Data, Vol.9(2), pp.679 - 695

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017

Abstract

Quaternary records provide an opportunity to examine the nature of the vegetation and fire responses to rapid past climate changes comparable in velocity and magnitude to those expected in the 21st century. The best documented examples of rapid climate change in the past are the warming events associated with the Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) cycles during the last glacial period, which were sufficiently large to have had a potential feedback through changes in albedo and greenhouse gas emissions on climate. Previous reconstructions of vegetation and fire changes during the D-O cycles used independently constructed age models, making it difficult to compare the changes between different sites and regions. Here we present the ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database which includes 93 pollen records from the last glacial period (73–15 ka) with a temporal resolution better than 1,000 years, 32 of which also provide charcoal records. A harmonized and consistent chronology based on radiometric dating (14C, 234U/230Th, OSL, 40Ar/39Ar dated tephra layers) has been constructed for 86 of these records, although in some cases additional information was derived using common control points based on event stratigraphy. The ACER database compiles metadata including geospatial and dating information, pollen and charcoal counts and pollen percentages of the characteristic biomes, and is archived in Microsoft AccessTM at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.870867.

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Title: The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period
Creators - without role: Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goni - Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques
Stéphanie Desprat - Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux
Anne-Laure Daniau - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
Franck Bassinot - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Josué Polanco-Martínez - Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux
Sandy Harrison - University of Reading
Judy R. M. Allen - Durham University
R. Scott Anderson - Northern Arizona University
Hermann Behling - University of Göttingen
Raymonde Bonnefille - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Francesc Burjachs - Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social
José Carrión - Universidad de Murcia
Rachid Cheddadi - Université de Montpellier, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - Montpellier - ISEM
James Clark - Trinity College
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi - University of York
Georg Debusk - Duke University
Lydie Dupont - University of Bremen
Jemma Finch - University of KwaZulu-Natal
William Fletcher - University of Manchester
Marco Giardini - Sapienza University of Rome
Catalina González - Universidad de Los Andes
William D. Gosling - University of Amsterdam
Laurie Grigg - Norwich University
Eric Christopher Grimm - University of Minnesota
Ryoma Hayashi - Lake Biwa Museum
Karin F. Helmens - Stockholm University
Linda Heusser - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Trevor Hill - University of KwaZulu-Natal
Geoffrey Hope - Australian National University
Brian Huntley - Durham University
Yaeko Igarashi - Hitotsubashi University
Tomohisa Irino - The University of Tokyo
Bonnie Jacobs - Southern Methodist University
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno - Universidad de Granada
Sayuri Kawai - Shinshu University Hospital
A. Peter Kershaw
Fujio Kumon - Shinshu University Hospital
Ian Lawson - University of St Andrews
Marie-Pierre Ledru - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Departamento Geologia Sedimentar e Ambiental
Anne-Marie Lézine - Biogéochimie-Traceurs-Paléoclimat
Ping Mei Liew - National Taiwan University
Donatella Magri - Sapienza University of Rome
Robert Marchant - University of York [York, UK]
Vasiliki Margari - University College London
Francis Mayle - University of Reading
G. Merna Mckenzie - Monash University
Patrick Moss - University of Queensland
Stefanie Müller - Freie Universität Berlin
Ulrich Müller - Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Filipa Naughton - Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute
Rewi Newnham - Victoria University of Wellington
Tadamichi Oba - Hokkaido University
Ramón Pérez-Obiol
Roberta Pini - Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes
Cesare Ravazzi - Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes
Katy Roucoux
Stephen M Rucina - National Museums of Kenya
Louis Scott - University of the Free State
Hikaru Takahara - Kyoto Prefectural University
Polichronis Tzedakis
Dunia Urrego - University of Exeter
Bas van Geel - University of Amsterdam
B. Guido Valencia - Florida Institute of Technology
Marcus Vandergoes - GNS Science
Annie Vincens - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Cathy Whitlock - Montana State University
Debra Willard - United States Geological Survey
Masanobu Yamamoto - Hokkaido University
Publication Details: Earth System Science Data, Vol.9(2), pp.679 - 695
Grant note: Basque Government postdoctoral fellowship POS_2015_1_0006 ERC QUEST-DESIRE (UK and France) INQUA International Focus Group ACER INTIMATE-COST
Identifiers: 9939327509311
Academic Unit: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - Montpellier - ISEM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: halshs-01714588